Typographical machine.



ups. KENNEDY. TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

' APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 23, I915. 1 1 97 032, Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

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D. S. KENNEDY.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE. APPUCATION FILED SEPT. 23. 1915.

1,197,032. Patented Sept. 5,1916.

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TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID S. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn in the county ofKings and State.

My invention relates to typographical ma- Y chines, such as linotype machinesof the general organization representedin Letters Patent of the United States to O. Mergen-f thaler, No. 436532, whereincirculating matrices 'arereleased from a'magazine in the order in which their characters are to appear in print and then assembled in line, the 1 .composed'line transferred to the face of a mold, the mold filled with molten metal to form av slug or linotype against the matrices which produce the type charactersthpreon,

and the matrice's thereafter returned through a distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started. I

F orthe printing of tabular matter in which figures or the like are arranged in.

vertical columns with blank spaces'or' vertical rules between them, it is of course necessary that the successive slugs shall have these spaces in like ppsition so that they will aline or register when assembled side by side in the form, and for this reason, it

is important for the operator to know the exact length of a composed group or line of matrices.

It is the aim of my invention to facilitate this class of composition and to enable the operator to determine the length of the asv sembled groups or lines with the greatest possible speed and facility. The manner in which this result is accomplished Will be fully explained in the detailed description to follow and finally pointed out in the claiins.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown my invention merely in preferred form and by way of exampleand as applied to a linotype machine, but obviously many changes and variations may be made therein and in its mode of application, which will still. be comprised within its spirit. Generally speaking, I. desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the claims.

Specification of Letters-Patent. Patented Sept, 5, 1916,- Application filed September 23, 1915. Serial No. 52,144. I i

any specific form or embodiment, except in so far as such hmitatlons are specified in Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a detached perspective view of the composing mechanism of a linotype machine having my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3; Fig. .8 is ahorizontal section through the parts shown in Fig. 1,*- showing-the'use of my improve ments in connection with an assembled group or line of matrices; and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Thematrices X, as they are released from the magazine (not shown)", drop in front of the star wheel A which advances the-m progressively into the channeled assembler A against the-yielding resistant or finger C carried by the slide C When the composition of the line is completed, the assembler is shifted into registration with the intermediate channel B, through which the line is carried to the casting mechanism, all in the usual way. An assembled group or line of matrices X is shown in Fig. 3, and inorder to determine the exactlength thereof,

the following mechanism is employed in accordance with my invention; Attached to the front wall of the assembler A is a bracket A iving support to a transverse slide D havlng a straight reduced portion D arranged to be projected into the assembler channel behind the last matrix'of the composed group or line, so as to serve as a fixed abutment or gage against which the linemay becompressed and measured. A spring D arranged between the bracket A and a thumb piece D on the front end of the slide D holds the latter normally with its reduced portion D out of the assembler channel, and consequently out of the path of the incoming'matrices. The compression of the assembled group or line against the gage D is efl'ected by a forked member E arranged so as to move in and lengthwise of the assembler channel and adapted to engage the leading matrix therein directly through notches or openings C formed in the opposite edges of the resistant C. The member E is carried by an arm'E extended laterally from a sleeve E slidably arranged upon a rod E supported ina bracket B secured to the front wall of the intermediate channel B. The sleeve E is-shifted longitudinally along the rod E by a handle E integral with the arm E and'the sleeve is splined to the rod, so asto be capable of only a sliding movement thereon, by "a longitudinal strip E This strip E is provided on its upper face with rack teeth meshing with a gear E fast upon a transverse shaft or stud E supported in the bracket B and provided at its front end with a rotary dial plate E cooperating with a fixed mark or pointer E on the upper end of the bracket. A spiral spring E secured at one end to the bracket B and its opposite end to the shaft E serves constantly to rotate the gear E clockwise so as to hold the dial plate E in its zero position and the member E and the connected parts normally in the position shown in Fig. land out of the path of movement of the assembler A.

The operation of the parts is as follows:

When a group or line of matrices has been assembled and it is desired to determine the exact- .length thereof, the operator grasps the handle E and moves the member E toward the matrix line,-and either before or after the member is brought into engagement with the leading matrix, he pushes rearwardly, by means of his thumb, the slide D whose reduced portion 11) is thus projected behind the last assembled matrix and serves as a fixed abutment against which the line is compressed by the member ,E. This movement of themember E rotates the dial plate E whichin conjunction with the mark or pointer E indicates to the operator the exactlength of the line composed. The operator then releases his hold .upon the parts and they are immediately restored to normal or inactive position by the springs E and D respectively, allowing the immediate forwarding of the composed line if completed and permitting the composition, of a further group or line to he proceeded? with. I In this way, the operator is enabled to determine instantly and at pleasure the exact length of the group or line composed, so that in setting tabular matter he may be advised as to the number of spaces required to fill out a line or the particular point at which the are to be inserted.

It will e noted that the present arrangement in the preferred form described is such that the assembled group or line is measured between elements which are independentof any of the machine parts. This is advantageous in that it insures greater accuracy in the measurement, the wear to which the machine parts are constantly subjected being entirely eliminated. Heretofore the measurement has been taken through or againstv the star-wheelA or the line. resistant C'or both, with the result that it has not always been exa ct' or true, the star Wheel particularly being subject to rapid wear.

-inmates As previously stated, Ihave shown my in vention merely in preferred form and by way of example, but obviously many modifications and alterations therein will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art without departure from its scope.

Having thus described my invention, its constructlon and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. In a typographical machine, the combination of means for assembling matrices in a line or group, a member movable to a fixed and definite position behind the last assembled matrix to serve as an abutment against which the line may be compressed, and a movable measuring device for so compressing the line.

2. In a typographical machine, the combination of an assembler wherein the matrices are composed in a line or group, a movable member mounted on the assembler so as to be projected to a fixed and definite position behind the last assembled matrix, and a movable measuring device for compressing the line against said member as an abutment, for the purpose described.

3. In a typographical machine, the combination of a movable assembler wherein the matrices are composed in a line or group, a

movable member carried by the'assembler and arranged thereon so as to be projected .to a fixed and definite position behind the last assembled matrix, and a movable measuring device mounted independently of the assembler for compressing the line or group endwise against the said member as an abutment. 7 4. In a typographical machine, the combination of means for assembling matrices in a line or group, with a member movable at will behind the last assembled matrix to serve as an abutment against which the line may be compressed, and a measuring device operable manually for so compressing the line, together with automatic means for re storing said parts to their normal position after each operation.

5. In a typographical machine, the combination of a movable assembler wherein the L matrices are composed in a line or group,

with a movable member carried by the assembler and arranged thereon in position to be projected behind the last assembled matrix, and a measuring device mounted independently of the assembler and movable to compress the line or group endwise against said member as an abutment, together with means for automatically withdrawing the measuring device after its operation from the path of movement of the assembler.

6. In a typographical machine, the combination of means for assembling the matrices in a line or group, manually controlled mechanism, independent of the assembling means, for determining the length of the assembled line or group, and an indicator associated with said mechanism.

7. In a typographical machine, the combination of means for assembling the matrices in a line or group, mechanism,'normally inactive but operable at will, todetermine the full length of the composed line or group, and an indicator associated with said mechanism.

8. In a typographical machine, the combination With means for assembling matrices in a line or group, of mechanism distinct from the assembling means for determining the length of the assembled line or group, said mechanism including a member movable behind the last assembled matrix to serve as an abutment against which the line is compressed, and movable means to cooperate with the assembled line and to indicate the length thereof when compressed.

9: In a typographical machine, the combination with means for assembling matrices in a line or group, of mechanism distinct from the assembling means for determining the length of the assembled line or group, said mechanism including a member movable behind the last assembled matrix to serve as a fixed abutment, a second member for compressing the line endwise' against the abutment, and an indicator controlled by the second member tov show the exact length of the line when compressed.

10. In a typographical machine, the combination of a. movable assembler wherein the matrices are composed in a line orgroup, and mechanism distinct from the assembling means for determining the length of the assembled line or group, the said mechanlsm including a movable member carried by the assembler and arranged thereon in position to be projected behind the last assembled matrix, a second member supported independently of the assembler and movably arranged so as to compress the line against the other member, and an indicator controlled by the second member.

11. In a typographical machine, the combination of means for assembling matricesv in a line or group, and mechanism distinct from the assembling means for determining the length of the assembled line-or group, the said mechanism including two members between which the line is compressed and which engage directly with the matrices at the opposite ends of the-line.

12. In a typographical machine, the combination with means for assembling matrices in a line or group, of mechanism distinct from the assembling means for determining the length of the assembled line or group, said'mechanism including a member movable behind the last assembled matrix to serve as a fixed abutment, a second member for compressing the line endwise against the abutment, the two said members being arranged to engage directly the matrices at the opposite ends of the line, and an indicator controlled by the second member to show the length of the compressed line.

13. In a typographical machine, the combination of the assembler A wherein the matrices are assembled in a line on group, and provided with the transversely movable slide D arranged thereon in position to be projectedbehind the last assembled matrix,

the longitudinally movable m'emberE op-- erable manually to compress the line endwise against the slide D, and the rotary dial E operated by the longitudinal movement of the memberE.

14:. In a typographical machine, the combination of the assembler A wherein the matrices are assembled in a line or group and provided at its receiving end with the transverse spring-pressed slide D, the longitudinally movable member 7 E operable manually mounted independently of the assembler for compressing the assembled line against the slide D when the latter is in its projected position, and the spring-actuated dial E operated by the longitudinal movement of the member E to indicate the length of the compressed line.

In testimony whereof, have aflixed my 

